With campuses opening up and stimulating interactions among different campus users more and more, we aim to identify the characteristics of successful meeting places (locations) on campus. These can help practitioners such as campus managers and directors to further optimize their campus to facilitate …

In recent years the demand for entertainment has increased due to changing patterns and consumption habits of users globally. This demand requires many entertainment studios to produce more content which requires more 3D assets to match the demand while upholding the quality of its work. One of these …

Cannabis is commonly characterized as the most normalized illicit drug. However, it remains a prohibited substance in most parts of the world, including Europe, and users can still be subject to stigmatization. The objective of this study is to assess to what extent and how cannabis users in different …

Drug consumption estimates are of relevance because of public health effects as well as associated criminal activities. Wastewater analysis of drug residues enables the estimation of drug consumption and drug markets. Short-term and long-term trends of cocaine, MDMA (ecstasy), amphetamine (speed) and …

Our presence in buildings is often so self-evident that we no longer seem to be aware of the space in which we work and live. But how does that actually work? What is the influence of buildings on people? And how do we involve end users? Mark Mobach takes us on a quest of the Facility Management professorship …

An architect’s research on a self-designed building: residential care facility for residents showing challenging behaviour. A seminar by Berit Ann RoosAs an architect I have designed a very intensive care (VIC) residential facility for intellectually impaired individuals showing challenging behavior. …

Algorithmic curation is a helpful solution for the massive amount of content on the web. The term is used to describe how platforms automate the recommendation of content to users. News outlets, social networks and search engines widely use recommendation systems. Such automation has led to worries about …

Background: Home-based exercise is an important part of physical therapy treatment for patients with low back pain. However, treatment effectiveness depends heavily on patient adherence to home-based exercise recommendations. Smartphone apps designed to support home-based exercise have the potential …

Voice intelligence is a revolutionary “zero-touch” type of human-machine interaction based on spoken language. There has been a recent increase in the number and variations of voice assistants and applications that help users to acquire information. The increased popularity of voice intelligence, however, …

Het project ‘Putting life into Neolithic houses’ van Annelou van Gijn behandelt de huiselijke activiteiten en het levensonderhoud van mensen uit het Neolithicum in het kustgebied[1]. Het maalexperiment van dit scriptieonderzoek valt onder de experimenten die voor dit project worden uitgevoerd. Dit onderzoek …